Genius Hot Songs API Documentation

GET https://scrappa.co/api/genius/hot

Get the hot songs list of Genius with page views. The response has no total. Request the next page until a page has no items.

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GET

https://scrappa.co/api/genius/hot

Auth header: x-api-key
Cost: 1 credit/request

Response preview

200 OK

{
    "data": {
        "chart_items": [
            {
                "item": {
                    "id": 3039923,
                    "url": "https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-humble-lyrics",
                    "stats": {
                        "pageviews": 12358095
                    },
                    "title": "HUMBLE.",
                    "full_title": "HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar",
                    "lyrics_url": "https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-humble-lyrics",
                    "artist_names": "Kendrick Lamar",
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

This endpoint has no required query parameters.

2 optional filters available.

page


                                        integer

Optional

Page number, starting at 1. Default: 1.

Example value

per_page


                                        integer

Optional

Results per page, 1-50. Default: 20.

Example value

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

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Example response fields

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data meta success

JSON Response

200 OK

{
    "data": {
        "chart_items": [
            {
                "item": {
                    "id": 3039923,
                    "url": "https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-humble-lyrics",
                    "stats": {
                        "pageviews": 12358095
                    },
                    "title": "HUMBLE.",
                    "full_title": "HUMBLE. by Kendrick Lamar",
                    "lyrics_url": "https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-humble-lyrics",
                    "artist_names": "Kendrick Lamar",
                    "lyrics_state": "complete",
                    "annotation_count": 21,
                    "song_art_image_url": "https://images.genius.com/483306c535608c27f9e3781b854dc91d.1000x1000x1.png",
                    "release_date_for_display": "March 30, 2017"
                },
                "type": "song"
            }
        ]
    },
    "meta": {
        "billable": true,
        "proxy_tier": "mobile-proxies",
        "technology": "http",
        "endpoint_family": "hot"
    },
    "success": true
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

404

Not Found

Genius has no resource for this id or path. This response is not billable.

{
    "meta": {
        "billable": false,
        "retryable": false
    },
    "error": {
        "code": "NOT_FOUND",
        "message": "The requested Genius resource was not found."
    },
    "success": false
}

422

Validation Error

A parameter is missing or invalid. No upstream request is made. This response is not billable.

{
    "errors": {
        "id": [
            "The id field is required."
        ]
    },
    "message": "The request validation failed"
}

503

Genius Temporarily Unavailable

Genius did not answer in time or the request was blocked. Retry after a short pause. This response is not billable.

{
    "meta": {
        "billable": false,
        "retryable": true
    },
    "error": {
        "code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
        "message": "Genius is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
    },
    "success": false
}

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